Mahabharata · Chapter 3.300
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāmudite sūryamaṇḍale /
kṛtapaurvāhṇikāḥ sarve sameyuste tapodhanāḥ //
tadeva sarvaṃ sāvitryā mahābhāgyaṃ maharṣayaḥ /
dyumsenāya nātṛpyankathayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ //
tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāḥ sālvebhyo'bhyāgā nṛpam /
ācakhyurnihataṃ caiva svenāmātyena taṃ dviṣam //
taṃ mantriṇā hataṃ procya sasahāyaṃ sabāndhavam /
nyavedayanyathāvṛttaṃ vidrutaṃ ca dviṣadbalam //
aikamatyaṃ ca sarvasya janasya svaṃ nṛpaṃ prati /
sacakṣurvā'pyacakṣurvā sa no rājā bhavatviti //
anena niścayeneha vayaṃ prasthāpitā nṛpa /
prāptānīmāni yānāni caturaṅgaṃ ca te balam //
prayāhi rājanbhadraṃ te ghuṣṭaste nagare jayaḥ /
adhyāssva cirarātrāya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam //
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca /
cakṣuṣmantaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ vapuṣā'nvitam /
mūrdhnā nipatitāḥ sarvevismayotphullalocanāḥ //
to'bhivādya tānvṛddhāndvijānāśramavāsinaḥ /
taiścābhipūjitaḥ sarvaiḥ prayayau nagaraṃ prati //
śaivyā ca saha sāvitryā svāstīrṇena suvarcasā /
narayuktena yānena prayayau senayā vṛtā //
tato'bhiṣiṣicuḥ prītyā dyumatsenaṃ purohitāḥ /
putraṃ cāsya mahātmānaṃ yauvarājye'bhyaṣecayan //
tataḥ kālena mahatā sāvitryāḥ kīrtivardhanam /
tadvai putraśataṃ jajñe śūrāṇāmanivartinām //
bhrātṛṇāṃ sodarāṇāṃ ca tathaivāsyābhavacchatam /
madrādhipasyāśvapatermālavyāṃ sumahābalam //
evamātmā pitā mātā śvaśrūḥ śvaśura eva ca /
bhartuḥ kulaṃ ca sāvitryā sarvaṃ kṛcchrātsamuddhṛtaṃ //
tathaivaiṣā hi kalyāṇī draupadī śīlasammatā /
tārayiṣyati vaḥ sarvānsāvitrīva kulāṅganā //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
evaṃ sa pāṇḍavastena anunīto mahātmanā /
viśoko vijvaro rājankāmyake nyavasattadā //
yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā sāvitryākhyānamuttamam / sa sukhī sarvasiddhārtho na duḥkhaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0